Having visited two international Arms Fairs UEX in Abu-Dabi, United Arab
Emirates, I obtained very interesting materials on the creation of new
modifications of T-72 tank in Czech and Slovak Republics. As little
information is availible in our country on these modifications, it occured
to me to tell about them to the readers of "Tankomaster" magazine. But
again, having started work on this material, I came to a conclusion that I
had to narrate about the history of creation of T-72 tank in the USSR, and
about all of its modifications produced in our country and abroad.
In this case the readers will be able to compare all the advantages and
disadvantages of all T-72 modifications developed and produces in various
countries.
T-72 tanks reflected all the best traditions of Soviet tank production. The
family of these tanks won the popularity of tankers of various armies by its
potent armament and amazing reliability with minimum maintenance costs.
Excellent fighting and maintenance capabilities of T-72 tanks put these
machines in line with the best Soviet and foreign tanks. The confirmation of
the later is that this machine is the most numerous among the second after
war generation of tanks. T-72 only in the number of produced machines
concedes only to T-55 tank.